Key Responsibilities
Supplier Collaboration & Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary technical liaison between the IH Design Office and U.S. suppliers.
- Build strong on site and remote relationships to ensure clear communication and alignment.
- Support suppliers in understanding product definitions, specifications, and quality requirements.
- Develop and maintain key relationships with turbine airfoil suppliers and other strategic partners.
“Collaborate with suppliers both on-site and remotely to foster strong relationships…”
New Product Introduction (NPI) & Design Change Support
- Lead and support NPI activities at supplier sites, ensuring manufacturability and industrial readiness.
- Facilitate rapid implementation of design changes and improvements.
- Analyze and refine design change procedures to streamline implementation.
- Encourage concurrent engineering between Safran design teams and suppliers.
“Strategize and define processes to enhance the efficiency of New Product Introduction (NPI)…”
Industrialization & Validation
- Lead industrialization projects from kickoff through validation of product and process robustness.
- Oversee the Industrial Validation Process (IVP), including DVI, PPAP, and FAI deliverables.
- Prepare and review validation packages with suppliers (FAI, DVI, qualification files).
- Ensure supplier compliance with specifications, quality documents, and Safran standards.
“Prepare final validation packages with suppliers, including First Article Inspection (FAI) and Validation Dossier (DVI).”
Quality, Problem Solving & Continuous Improvement
- Lead or contribute to quality initiatives such as PFMEA, ENQA, audits, and root cause investigations.
- Identify deviations, define action plans, and drive corrective actions to closure.
- Reduce non quality events in partnership with Quality, Engineering, and suppliers.
- Implement metrics and indicators to track industrialization performance.
“Contribute to industrialization projects and quality initiatives, including DVIs, NPI, PFMEA, ENQAs, and audits…”
Production Readiness & Ramp Up Support
- Ensure smooth transition from development to production at supplier sites.
- Support suppliers in achieving production certification (DVI, FAI).
- Assist with capacity planning, ramp up readiness, and recovery plans when needed.
- Address logistics, quality, and technical issues impacting development or production.
“Assist suppliers in ramping up production capacities.”
Required Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Management, or Operations Management.
“Minimum: Bachelor's degree… in Supply-chain management, Industrial management or Operations management.”
Experience
- 3–8 years of experience in Systems Engineering, Design Office, industrialization, or production support.
- Experience with NPI, supplier industrialization, or manufacturing engineering.
- Project management experience pr
